Huge and generally
nice, but involved in increasing numbers of human fatalities due to owner
stupidity. This snake is becoming a frequent resident in reptile rescue
homes. For why and more info click Here

A sweet moderately
sized boa with very critical humidity requirements.

Red-tail boas
also known asBoa Constrictor

Not as huge as Anacondas,
Burmese or Reticulated Pythons, but, based on the increasing numbers being
dumped on rescues, even 10 feet is too much for some people.

Reticulated
pythons

See Anaconda.

Any
tree boa or python

Many tend to have
very specific humidity and dietary needs, and with their testy temperament
and very long, bird-snagging teeth, can deliver a painful bite.

Water
snakes

Some garters are okay,
(but require live fish) but most tend to be testy and finding and maintaining
the proper water pH can be a problem.

Wild
caught garter, kings, gophers, etc.

Many
are difficult to feed on what we have to offer them in captivity, and in
most places it is illegal to capture wild birds and mammals to feed them

Anaconda:Eunectes
murinusDistribution:
Much of northern South America and Trinidad.Habitat: Semi-aquatic; restricted to swamps, marshes and river
valleys.Food: A constrictor capable of subduing and consuming prey
the size of young tapirs. Often uses water to conceal itself from
prey that includes mammals, aquatic birds, Caymans and crocodiles.Breeding: Live-bearing; between 10 and 50 young normally.

Burmese
Python:Python molurus bivittatus & P. m. molurusDistribution: Southern
Asia. Pakistan in the west to southern China in the east, and south
to the Malay Archipelago.Habitat: Often found near water, this sluggish python waits
patiently for prey either coiled on the ground or hanging below a
branch. In the cooler parts of its range it becomes torpid during
the winter. Bharatpur Reserve in India is famous for its "hibernating"
pythons.Food: Subdues mammals and birds by constriction. There is even
a record of a 6 metre (20ft) python killing and eating a leopard.Breeding: Lays as many as 100 eggs. The female coils around
them till they hatch, twitching her muscles to generate heat if the
air temperature becomes to cool.

Western
Hognose:Heterodon
nasicus Distribution:
Southern Canada ranging south in a wide
band
through much of central USA and down into northern Mexico.Habitat: Prefers open land, prairies, sparse woodland, farmland,
floodplains and into semi-arid and canyon areas. Uses its broad snout
to burrow and its enlarged back teeth in holding prey.Food: Mildly venomous. Toads are this snake's staple food,
but it will also take frogs, salamanders, lizards, snakes and reptile
eggs.Breeding: A clutch of about 4-23 eggs is laid.Eastern Hognose:Heterodon
platyrhinosDistribution: Much of
eastern and central USA.Habitat: Active during the day it spends most of its time foraging
for prey, often burrowing into root systems to locate toads. Like
the Western Hognose, it will feign death as well as inflate the neck
and strike.Food: Mildly venomous. Toads form the majority of its diet,
but, frogs may also be eaten.
Breeding: Lays a clutch of 5-61 eggs.

Rainbow
Boa:Epicrates cenchria cenchriaDistribution:
Through much of northern South America and into the Amazon Basin.
Other Rainbow Boa sub-species range over most of South America.Habitat: Found in forests, woodland and plains.Food: A constrictor, feeding on small mammals and birds.
Breeding: Live-bearing, producing litters of around 20 young.